Leo Tolstoy's daughter Tatiana Tolstoy writes
At one time my father was greatly interested in the theatre. One evening he went to the Malay theatre in Moscow, where they were playing labiches comedy An Italian straw hat, At that time he was writing his own comedy, The fruits of enlightenment.
During the intermission he met in the lobby a professor friend of his who seemed embarrassed that Tolstoy should see him attending such a silly play" you too Leo" the professor said with a forced laugh" you've come to see this idiotic play?
"All my life" replied my father "I've dreamt of writing something similar. But I'M not talented enough"
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